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i?7 THE WIDOW TALAMANTES. Wf; Picturesque Figure in Mexican Re. fc/ bellion Kills Colonel. The Widow Talamantes, who toot the field as an insurrecto commandg? er after her husband and two sons had been shot as rebels by commanc j of Col. Chiapas, says Douglas, (Ari zona) correspondence of the Nev SR.. York American, won her revenge it 8^ full measure, it became known her( to-day, when the man on whose hea<i she had set the price of $20,000 ir gold rode, into an ambush in hei camp. "Don't shoot to kill!" commanded the woman. "Remember, he's K ? mv nrisnnor " g- 4DV4AV* The aim of the soldiers was good |p? They brought Col. Chiapas dowr % from the sadle of his galloping horse with a bullet wound in the neck, anc t another in the arm. Chiapas rolled over in pain, and then looked up and straight into the eyes of the Wdo\* (Talamantes, which blazed like those of a tigress met in the dark. Chiapas took no account of his injuries after that. He read his doon as plainly as any could who faces fe certain death. He lay bleeding or 3. v the sand, a pleading look in his eyes but his lips asking no favors, while the Widow Talamantes, resting or Jl? her rifle, stood over him in contem0: plation. No one in her command w * dared touch the wounded Chiapas r v until she gave the order. P Finally she leaned over and whis pered in the wounded man's ear? nniv a few words. His Dale face blanched whiter still, and his lips compressed into a thinner line, bul ^ he gave no other sgn that he hac heard. The Widow Talamantes signaled M to her men and turned away. Col Chiapas was picked up and carried tc I ' a tent. 4 Just as the red rim of sun appeared over the eastern horizon a woman's voice gave a sharp command. There was the quick roll ol fire from a dozen rifles, and a tottering figure, standing on the edge of a newly made grave, crumpled up, ' quivered and then lay motionless or r the edge of the trench. One of the men of the firing squac advanced and turned the body ovei twith his foot, saw that at least ter . of the bullets had found their mark and then tumbled it over into the grave. Sand was thrown quickly in to the level and a cross made of twc pieces of rough board, driven dowr with a rifle butt at the head of the grave. So the Widow Talamantes took re venge for the slaying of her husbanc L; and t&o sons by Col. Chiapas of the * Federal army! R.; The pursuit, capture and shooting ' of Col. Chiapas is the most dramatic y| incident in the Mexican revolution The Talamantes, father and twc sons, were suspected of revolution jjy. s ary leanings at the beginning of the jjft disturbances. They were rich, employSi ed a large number of laborers anc X wielded great influence in the State 9E of Sonora. They were captured or m a federal raid by Chiapas, who ther IjF" was in command of the Sonora dis j|S? fcrict. Father and sons were withir sight of their hacienda. The wife and mother pleadec I vainly with Chiapas to spare theii Hp lives. Her appeals were met witl sneering replies, and the womai soon found she was dealing with z |lr man brutalized by drink, but still 13k holding the authority of life anc I death. Later she heard the shots that announced the death of th? three persons she loved best in th< world. , From that moment Col. Chiapas was a marked man. The widow published broadcast ai offer of $20,000 gold for the cap ture and giving into her hands o: Chiapas, but none could penetrat< the guard of Federal soldiers tha Chiapas kept about him. Then the widow took the field a the head of a revolutionary forc< made up of her employees am friends, and commanded ;t with th< skill of a veteran in several battles and skirmishes. Her force grew to be one of th< largest revolutionary bands in Sono ra, and all the time it was drawing nearer and nearer to the commanc of Col. Chiapas. But the widow feared her oppor tunity might not come in open bat itle, and laid a more subtle plan. Sh< supplied men with money to go intc Agua Prieta and meet Col. Chiapas on the plane of good fellowship, pi: him with wine and see that he was not disturbed in his carouse. Shi knew the Federals were to evacuati Agua Prieta Tuesday night, and tol< her men to be sure that Col. Chiapas went to bed drunk and slept sound ly that night. Yesterday morning about thre< o'clock, Col. Chiapas awoke. H< v found the good fellow who had beej puv with him gone and the city deserted The Federal forces, he was told were 20 miles away. Chiapas stormed at the men wh< had betrayed and deserted him, am ; 5 then commandered an Arabian hors< ' belonging to Don Porfirio Terazzas and said to be the fleetest In all So GETS FIRST HAIR CUT. ? Unique Character Declares He Never Looked Into Mirror Before. : Greely, Col., May 23.?Because he - says he looked into a mirror for the j first time in his life and saw himself I as others see him, "Indian Smith," - a unique character of Evans 'for ' years, is shorn of his long, black i hair, which until a few days ago had i never been cut. I "I sort of hated to part with my l hair, for I clipped it off myself and * intended sending it to the government for a present," said Smith, who is a "medicine man," having learn' A ^ ^Vi/v A fw/\rv* *V\cv P V* omlr oa Ttl ' cu luc an 11 Mill me viici vaw am dians by whom he was taken pris. oner when a child, i For ten years he dug and dried - herbs and learned their value. He I says he is a great nephew of Joseph I Smith, the Mormon saint, and that I he can trace his ancestry back to r Captain John Smith whose life was < saved by Pocahontas. Firemen to Arbitrate, i " . Washington, May 27.?The dispute t between the Southern railway and its firemen will be referred to the j board of mediation under the Erdt man act. This decision was reached . to-day after it seemed that a strike I .was inevitable. The firemen's repre5 sentatives yesterday flatly refused a nrnnncal tn nrhitrflte. but tO-day . agreed to submit the matter to dis. interested third parties. Judge Marj tin A. Knapp of the court of com. merce and Dr. Chas. P. Neill, comt missioner of labor, mediators under I the Erdman act, have been called in. The negotiations will begin at once. L ' SHE'S A GRANDMA AT 29. ) ' Her Daughter, a Mother at 15, is the Oldest ot Nine Children. L Denver, May(23.?Mrs. 3usie Hurl ley, of this city, wife of Frank Hur. ley, is believed to be the youngest L grandmother in the country. She is ( 29 years old. The lusty grandson i was born February 20. His name is Edward, and he is the son of William I Beatty and Mrs. Flossie Hurley Beat ty. The girl-mother in 15 years old. l Lost Fortune in Markets. > An interesting story comes out of y Spartanburg about W. T. Jones, the t Union county farmer, under life sentn-not* fnr the murder of his wife. Jones will begin to serve his sentence this week.. L "It was learned yesterday that > Jones had l06t an amount estimated at about $100,000 through specular tion in cotton and wheat. He has ap? pointed the Nicholson Trust company of Union trustee of his estate, and j instructed the company to pay his . debts out of the income of his plan> tations. "Jones owns about 5,000 acres of [ land, 3,000 acres being contained in > a single plantation. The annual inl come from his property varies from l $12,000 to $15,000, it is said. "According to Spartanburg friends, t Jones turned to speculation in an effort not only to recover the attor[ ney's fees and other expenses of his . trial and appeals to the supreme t court, but also to divert his mind t from his trouble. At first, it is said, t he was successful, but later the tide I turned and he sustained heavy losses. I "Jones has been confined in the 5 Union county jail since the death of ? his wife on the night of July 4, ? 1908. He has enjoyed many privileges, it is said, and in the early part 5 of his imprisonment drank heavily. His market operations were conducti ed from his cell. "The supreme court recently disf missed Jones's last appeal and Gov. 5 Blease refused to grant a petition, t for his pardon, signed by 2,600 people. t "Jones is now 41 years old. He is 5 said to t>e a tall, handsome man and 1 is well educated. He attended the a University of South Carolina and 3 Davidson college, N. C., but did not arradnate from either. 5 "Because of his wealth and promi. nence, as well as the cold-bloodedr ness of the crime, his case and his 1 long fight have aroused much interest." j A Peek Into His Pocket i would show the box of Bucklen's > Arnica Salve that E. S. Loper, a carpenter, of Marilla, N. Y., always carries. "I have never had a cut, wound, 7 bruise, or sore it would not soon 3 heal," he writes. Greatest healer of 3 burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands 3 and lips, fever-sores, skin-eruptions, I eczema, corns and piles. 25c. at 1 Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. 3 - nora. He rode like mad through the dark and coming dawn after the re e treating army. e The Widow Talamantas cut the! Q line of the Federal retreat ten miles .. from Augua Prieta and established ., an ambush. She waited for hours until finally the sound of rapid hoof0 beats came from the road from Au1 gua Prieta, and Chiapas, in a vain 3 race for life, galloped in among her i, men on a foam-flecked and exhaust ed horse. A GREAT TRIP. An Old Soldier Writes of His Trip to the Reunion. Little Rock, Ark., May 22, 1911. M. A. W. Knight, Editor Herald: Dear Sir.?When I left home the 18th instant I was the only veteran aboard, spent the night in Augusta with relatives and felt quite rested for the long trip which I resumed, taking the 8 a. m. train for the great reunion. We soon found that we were in a merry band of brothers, all joyful and jubilant, journeying through Georgia, as we journeyed singing the dear old songs. Let us for "Auld Lang Syne" mention a few that we mostly admired. First on the program "Old Rosin, the Beau." i "I live for the good of my nation, And my sons are all growing low, But I hope that my next generation Will resemble Old Rosin, the Beau. I've traveled this country all over, And now to the next I will go: For I know that good quarters await me, To welcome Old Rosin, the Beau." "My Old Kentucky Home," "Tis Midnight Hour," "Vive La Campagne," "Dixie," "We're Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground," "The Campbells are Coming, O! ho! O! ho!" "Annie Laurie," "Just Before the Battle Mother," "I Am Thinking Most of You," "Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still." " 'Tis years since last we met, And we may not meet again, I have struggled to forget, But the struggle was in vain; For her voice lives on the breeze, And her spirit comes at will, In the midnight on the seas. Her bright smile haunts me still." "Oft in the Stilly Night," "Oh Don't You Remember Sweet Alice Ben Bolt." These are the songs that came from the heart, and I could mention many more. They breathe of the spirit of home and our native land and they should find a welcome place in every home and school throughout our broad land, and do away with the present jingle "that has no sense or song." In Augusta I met with Mr. Winton Walker and Mr. Henry Walker, from Baldoc, and was in their company as far as Atlanta, but here our routes diverged and did not meet them again which I greatly regretted. So often nave i passed over tnis part of the country that the scenery is quite familiar to me, but there is one that I never lose interest in. Looking up, there stands the silent sentinel, Stone Mountain, that guards the pass to the gate city, only a few miles from Atlanta. It does not appear to be much of a mountain when first you see it, for you are traveling on a high ridge, but as you go down and descend into the valley it seems to rise higher and higher and broadens and as you pass close , by you can see it on a much larger scale in all orranHonr ivo ?2* uuvavua We were detained several hours in Atlanta and night coming on spread its dark mantle on us and veiled the beautiful landscape from our sight. But let your imagination reach out and picture the scenery as your fancy may suggest, and your ideal I dare say will not surpass the natural beauty and pictured scenery of this charming country. All night we bumped and tugged along?no sleep, no one could sleep, for all bedlam was turned loose, for Dixie ruled and reigned supreme with rebel yells, shouts and songs and martial music that made the welkin ring with joy and gladness, for we were rushing on where we knew a hearty welcome awaited us. During the night we had traversed what remained of Georgia and the entire State of Alabama, and when day was breaking we were far into Mississippi, for some one halloaed Jupla and then Holly Springs and then I knew we must be passing through Mississippi and would soon be in Tennessee and Memphis. Here the conductor said 20 minutes for lunch. I and my road companion rushed out to get a hot cup of coffee, for our heads were bursting and nothing else could so fully satisfy our wants. But what was our great surprise when we got back to where we had left our long train of 12 cars. It had shifted and we were left high and dry, sans culotte, sans grip, sans baggage, and in a foreign port. But we did not worry long ere the old ponderous mogul came coughing along, for it too had drawn off to take a drink or to be groomed for another run. No sooner placed and we regained our former seats. What a sight now bursts upon our vision. We are on the long, tall bridge that spans the great Mississippi river. See that great flood of water as it sweeps below and spreads before us spontaneous and irresistible. I could not refrain from giving vent to my feelings. Oh! Father of Waters you are bringing youT waters from Itasca's crystal springs or from the great northern lakes or from the far off Rocky mountains, but where on God's green earth sweeps a stream along whose margin TWO DUELS. The Second One was to Avenge the Victim of the First. A certain English gentleman who was a regular frequenter of the green room of Drury Lane theater in the days of Lord Byron's committee and who always stood quietly on the hearth rug then with his back to the fire was in his usual place one night when a narrative was related by another gentleman, newly returned from the continent, of a barrier duel that had taken place in Paris. A young Englishman, a mere boy, had been despoiled in a gaming house in the Palais Royal, had charged a certain gaming count with cheating him, and gone out with the count, wasted his fire and had been slain by the count under the frightful circumsances of the count walk ing up to him, laying his hand on his heart, saying, "you are a brave fellow?have you a mother?" and on his replying in the affirmative remarking coolly, "am sorry for her," and blowing his victim's brains out. The gentleman on the hearth rug paused in taking a pinch of snuff to hear this story and observed with great placidity, "I am afraid that I must kill that rascal." A ' few nights elapsed, during which the greenroom hearth rug was without him, and then he reappeared precisely as before and only incidentally mentioned in the course of the evening: "Gentlemen, I killed that rascal." * He had gone over to Paris on purpose, had tracked the count to the same gaming house, had thrown a glass of wine in his face in the presence of all the company assembled there, had told him that he had come to avenge his young compatriot and had done it by putting the count out of this world and coming back to the hearth rug as if nothing had happened.?Ex. Saved His Wife's life. j "My wife would have been injher grave to-day," writes O. H. Brown, of Muscadine, Ala., "if it had" not been for Dr. King's Nev Discovery. She was down in her bed, not able to get up without help. She had a severe bronchial trouble and a dreadful cough. I got her a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, and she soon began to mend, and was well in a short time." Infallible for coughs and colds, its the most reliable remedy on earth for desperate lung trouble, hemorrhages, lagrippe, asthma, hay fever, croup and whooping cough. 50c., $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. and its tributaries there is more wealth, prosperity and happy homes than in this goodly land of ours, ^ee how the flood of waters widens to embrace that large island that is just below the high bridge which we are crossing, and this swamp continues for more than 40 or 50 miles and the many immense saw mills with acres of piled up lumber indicate the great resource ,of wealth there is in these swamp lands that are just beginning to be developed and brought into use. From this point on our progress was necessarily impeded on account of so many trains converging and centering on this line of approach to Little Rock. You can well imagine what crowds there were when I tell you we had thirteen cars, all packed, and we were one of sixteen sections. It is reported that there was an average of 82 daily passenger trains for five days at the union depot at Little Rock, and most of them were as crowded as we were. I am leaving here to-night at 12 o'clock for Montgomery, Ala. Please send my Herald there, and if you can give space for such as this I may write you again when I shall have more time. Remember me kindly to the dear ones at home, and I do wish that all of my comrades could Jiave been here to enjoy what I have seen and felt. I have met them from every quarter of Virginia, Texas, Colorado, and California. Yours sincerely, L. N. BELLINGER. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Olar Lodge, No. 268, A. F. M. May 9th, 1911. Whereas, the Almighty Ruler of the Universe has been plesaed to call the spirit of our brother, George J. Bessinger, from labor in our earthly lodge to rest and refreshment in the grand lodge on high; therefore be it resolved: 1. That while we deeply deplore our loss in the death of our brother and will never cease to miss his genial presence in our lodge, we bow submissively to the will of our Grand Master above. 2. That in the death of our brother, George J. Bessinger, Olar lodge u^ i/-?o+ o ncafiii momiipr tb#* breth II d ^5 i vot U UO^XUI mwiii vv., ?? ren a true and faithful friend, and Masonry a warm and loyal supporter. 3. That a page in our minute book be inscribed to his memory, a copy of these resolutions be suitably engrossed and sent to his bereaved family and published in The Bamberg Herald, and that the lodge be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. H. R. PEARLSTIN, tH. H. KEARSE, W. Z. AYER, Committee. -' .. 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